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In Breton folklore, a korrigan is a female fairy. The korrigans have the utter most beautiful hair and bright red eyes. They are often represented as important princesses or druidesses  who opposed to christianity when apostles came to convert Brittany. Like sirens, they sing and comb their lushes hair and hunt fountains and wells. They have the ability to make men fall in love with them, but they then kill the ones who does. they are known for predicting the future, changing shapes and moving at lightning speed. On the night of October 31st (All Soul's Night), it is said that they are lurking near dolmens looking for victims.  They are eager to deceive the the imprudent humans who seems them looking for a treasure or dancing and are very fond of stealing children, replacing them with changelings (frenchentree.com, 2013). 

 
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Deriving from the welsh words llwch ("dust") and gwin ("wine"), in the Welsh tradition, the Adar Llwch Gwin is a bird similar to the griffin, belonging to Drudwas ad Tryffin.  Giving to him by his wife, they were said to be able to understand human speech; they would also be able to perfom any commands. However, During a battle with King Arthur, Drudwas ordered the bird to kill the first man who enters the battle. With Arthur being delayed, Drudwas was the first to enter the battle causing his flesh to be teared in pieces by his birds. 
In the poetry of the late medieval Beirdd yr Uchelwyr [Poets of the Gentry], Adar Llwch Gwin was a synonym for Falcons or Hawks,  and a metaphor for brave, strong men (Mackillop, 2000 via ask.com). 

 
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The Loch Ness Monster is one of Scotland's most honoured mysterie. The first recorded sighting of nessie was in 565 nearly 1500 years ago when Saint Columba saved a swimmer (Authenticireland.com. 2013). 

The plesiosaur; an aquatic dinosaur is rumoured to be living in Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. In 1934, a doctor took a picture of something resembling a dinosaur with a long neck emerging from the water (Scotland.org, 2011).   

 

 
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The Banshee is a female spirit that is perceived has an omen of death and a messenger. In many mythology, the banshee is a fairy that wails ("Keening") when a death is about to occur.In the Scottish mythology, known as bean sith, is seen washing the armour or bloodstain of who's about to die. it is said that the first time one hears a banshee wail, one's blood turns to water (Yoder, 1974). 

The banshee is normally seen wearing colours such as green and red  (otherworld colours) or occasionally swathed in unearthly white or somber grey. he was sometimes seen combing her hair with golden comb. Commonly, when a person dies a banshee would sing a lament ("caoin", meaning to weep or to wail) (Monaghan, 2010). 

It was said that only certain families were entitled to banshees.   Those often mentioned were the O'Briains, the Magraths, the Hynes and the Faheys. Other sources mention only five great families were entitled to banshees; the O'Briains, the O'Gradys, the O'Neils, the  O'Conchobhairs and the Caomhanach (Monaghan, 2010). 

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